Covered Bridge: #SavetheGuac, A New David Brooks Book, and Old Slang

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#SavetheGuac
Happy Cinco de Mayo Chester County. In addition to struggling to secure water for crops, California farmers are at the same time fighting a different kind of threat. The ambrosia beetle is spreading the laurel wilt, a devastating disease that cripples Laurel trees and their near relatives: the avocado. In Florida, they’ve enlisted disease sniffing dogs, drones and other technology to combat the spread. Read about it over at Seattle Times.

“The Road To Character”
Conservative New York Times Columnist, Radnor High School graduate, and one time William Buckley, Jr. colleague David Brooks has a new book out. “The Road to Character” traces the inner lives of several well-known and admired leaders as it outlines a case for “non-resume”, “eulogy” virtues like kindness, bravery, honesty or faithfulness. Looks like a must read for fans of John F. Kennedy’s (or whoever wrote it) “Profiles in Courage”. Check out the review here.

Lost Slang
Finally, over at NPR they’re talking some mean jive, linguistically speaking. Peep this one:

Bazoo, 1940s. Mouth. Example: “Senator Bilbo settled down on the good salary and side-graft of the office and never opened his bazoo.” From the Daily News in Ludington, Mich., on March 7, 1949.”

We wouldn’t recommend using “bazoo” at the next board meeting but you can find more lost treasures of American slang here.

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Top photo credit: Bridgeton Covered Bridge via photopin (license)

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